Scott Provencher

Scott Provencher is a member of the Litigation Practice Group.  As an experienced trial lawyer, he has over 20 years of practice in the areas of civil litigation and health care. Scott has obtained favorable verdicts and settlements for pharmacists, physicians as well as nursing-home facilities. He is also part of a defense team in products-liability MDL proceedings involving pharmaceutical companies. Prior to joining Mitchell Williams, Scott spent 17 years with a defense firm in Little Rock and two years as a law clerk for the Honorable Robert L. Brown, Associate Justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Experience

• Experience in defending claims of alleged medical negligence against medical providers in numerous specialties, including family medicine, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, and surgery.
• Tried numerous cases to verdict in the areas of medical negligence and personal injury.
• Serve as part of a defense team responsible for work up of bellwether claims in MDL litigation against pharmaceutical companies.
• Handle the defense of claims of alleged abuse and neglect against nursing-home facilities.

Education

• University of Arkansas School of Law J.D., high honors (1996)
• University of Arkansas B.A., in History (1993)

Professional Recognition

• Chambers USA:  Ranked in Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense in Arkansas (2017-2019)
• Chambers USA:  "Up and Coming" in the area of Litigation - Medical Malpractice Defense, Arkansas (2016)
• The Best Lawyers in America©: Insurance Law (2013-2020)
• The Best Lawyers in America©: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants (2012-2020)
• The Best Lawyers in America©: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (2012-2020)
• The Best Lawyers in America©: Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants (2012-2020)
• The Best Lawyers in America©: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants (2011-2020)
• Best Lawyers® 2020: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants “Lawyer of the Year” 
• Best Lawyers® 2015: Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year” 
• Mid-South Super Lawyers:  (2009-2018)

Involvement

• Member, Pulaski County Bar Association
• Member, Arkansas Bar Association
• Member, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
• Member, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
• Member, Defense Research Institute (DRI)
• Member, American Inns of Court, William Overton Inn

News & Articles

Firm News

• Forty Mitchell Williams Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 - Six Named as Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year"
• Mitchell Williams Law Firm, 21 Attorneys Ranked by 2019 Chambers USA
• 29 Mitchell Williams Attorneys Named as 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
• Forty Mitchell Williams Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 - Six Attorneys Named as Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year"
• Mitchell Williams Achieves Rankings by Chambers USA and Chambers High Net Worth - Twenty-two Attorneys and Five Practice Areas Recognized
• Thirty-one Mitchell Williams Attorneys Named as 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
• Thirty-five Mitchell Williams Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018 - Eight Named as Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year"
• Twenty-two Mitchell Williams Attorneys Recognized in 2017 Chambers USA
• Mitchell Williams Elects Nine New Members - Brenner, Browning, Bryant, Conklin, Johnson, Johnston, MacLennan, Provencher and Stanton Now Firm Members

Alerts

• EEOC Issues First New Guidance on Retaliation Claims in 18 Years

Publications